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USS Monterey (Destroyer)

Steel-hulled destroyer slices through midnight swells, launching the CH-47 Seahawk helicopter toward the defiant Sudanese tanker. Mark Chase, Navy officer, briefs Leo in the Situation Room: seamen barricade decks, AK-47s blaze, chopper banks away in aborted fury. The vessel embodies stalled naval muscle, its failed dispatch tightening jaws and compressing crisis timelines.

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S2E7 · The Portland Trip

Leo Skeptical of Navy's Failed Boarding and F-18 Escalation

USS Monterey destroyer referenced as launch platform for the repelled CH-47 Seahawk, anchoring naval operations in the briefing and underscoring U.S. military projection's initial setback against tanker resistance.

Before: Positioned in operational waters supporting interdiction

After: Receiving retreated Seahawk, prepping for F-18 support

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